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Sign Language Alphabet

Date: 1893
Description: Diagram depicting the alphabet in sign language.
Book or Pamphlet

Illustration from The Yellow Wallpaper

Date: 1892
Description: Illustration to the story The Yellow Wallpaper, depicting a woman seated in a rocking chair next to a window writing. The caption reads, "I am sitti...
Print

Enfield Rifle

Date: 1864
Description: Catalogue illustration of an Enfield Rifle and bayonet.
Drawing

Shopiere Flouring Mill

Date: 1858
Description: Drawing of the exterior of the Shopiere Flouring Mill. Several men, some in a horse-drawn wagon are in front of the building.
Photograph

Elevated View of Vicksburg

Date: 1862
Description: Elevated view of Vicksburg, with the Mississippi River in the background.
Photograph

Andersonville Prison

Date: 08 17 1864
Description: View of tents at Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter in Georgia.
Photograph

U.S. Capitol

Date: 07 11 1863
Description: View of the east front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. A small group of people stand near a fence on the lawn in front of the building. A ...
Magazine or Periodical

Depictions of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Date: 04 29 1865
Description: Illustrations on the "National Police Gazette" front page depicting various events regarding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Book or Pamphlet

Donations for Sufferers of Yellow Fever

Date: 09 28 1878
Description: An illustration depicting well-dressed ferry passengers depositing money in the yellow fever box at Fulton Ferry. A sign reads: "Contributions recieved (
Book or Pamphlet

1812 Fur Trade Engagement

Date: 03 14 1812
Description: English translation of the Fur Trade Engagement for Charles St. Antoine dit Vacher.
Drawing

Evergreen Shelter Belts and Ornamental Hedges

Date: 1878
Description: Engraved view of a house surrounded by gardens, an evergreen shelter belt and ornamental hedges.
Drawing

Alexander Mitchell Estate

Date: 1872
Description: Lithograph elevated view of the Alexander Mitchell home and gardens seen from the corner of Ninth and Spring Streets. Pedestrians, horse-riders and a horse...
Drawing

Ornamental Burdock

Date: 1898
Description: Drawing of a burdock planted at the foundation of a building.
Book or Pamphlet

Woman's Library at the World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 08 1893
Description: View of the main room of the Woman's Library in the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition.
Map or Atlas

Diagram of the Assembly Chamber

Date: 1862
Description: Diagram and seating chart for the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"New York Journal" Dinosaur Article

Date: 12 11 1898
Description: An article entitled "Most Colossal Animal Ever On Earth Just Found Out West," about the discovery of brontosaurus remains. The article includes illustratio...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Southport American" Whig Publication

Date: 08 02 1845
Description: Front page of "Southport American."
Print

Pittsburg Landing, Battle of Shiloh

Date: 1887
Description: Engraving of Pittsburg Landing taken from a photograph a few days after the Battle of Shiloh (Tennessee), which occurred on April 6-7, 1862. The image sho...
Book or Pamphlet

Tried by Fire

Date: 1886
Description: Front cover of Frackelton's "Tried by Fire," a book about ceramics.
Print

The Cross at Merton

Date: 1851
Description: Diagram of an effigy mound in the shape of a cross.

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